甘肃省庆阳市名校2023学年英语九年级第一学期期末学业质量监测试题含解析

1、2023学年九上英语期末模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 单项选择1、The main difference between our brains and those of monkeys is that _ are bigger.AweBoursCourDus2、I dont think the dress fits me._ youve

2、 tried it on, you cant imagine how fashionable the new-style dress is.ABecause BUnless CAlthough DWhen3、-_do you brush your teeth?-Twice or more a day.AHow soon BHow far CHow long DHow often4、Tony likes watching cartoons very much. The pictures of cartoon heroes are _ in his room.AanywhereBnowhereCs

3、omewhereDeverywhere5、We are planning a Yangtze River Protection Day this weekend. Do you have any advice?Youd better signs around the school to tell all the students about that.Amake up Bput up Cset up Dshow up6、Im going to give a talk on the Dragon Boat Festival to the exchange students.Great! But

4、dont forget to tell them _.Awhat should they eat at the festivalBwhat kind of race is often heldCwhy people enjoy the full moonDhow do people celebrate it7、一Jim, is physics difficult to learn?一Sure, but all subjects can be learned well hard work.Afor Bfrom Cwith Dthrough8、Do you know where Jeff is?

5、Is he still in the office?He was here earlier, but he go home now.AcanBmightCshouldDneed9、 terrible mess you have made!Sorry, I will clear it up right now.AWhat BWhat a CHow DHow a10、One of the wonders of the _ world is the pyramids in Egypt.AcrowdedBnaturalCancientDmodern. 完形填空11、 When you sit befo

6、re a piano or take up your guitar, do you think about why you play music? The students at Belding Middle school in Michigan, US, think that you do it to express yourself. They learned about this from a professional guitarist Joel Mabus.The school invited Mabus to give a 1 to more than 50 seventh-gra

7、de students on March 27. The students have 2 taken or are taking a guitar class at the school. Mabus performed a number of short pieces. He also taught the students several skills for playing the guitar.But more 3 , his show taught students that playing the guitar can “take you anywhere you can imag

8、ine,” said the schools guitar class teacher George Rousseau.“Sometimes students get upset.They dont see 4 we do certain things in the class, and then they see Mr Mabus perform and know that the work will pay off,” Rousseau told The Daily News.Mabus began playing at around the same age as the student

9、s. “To have an outlet(发泄方法）, after a bad day or good day, is always nice,” he said. “Music gives you a way to show your 5 .”Seventh-grader Cooper Hewitt, 12, has been playing the guitar for several years. He said Mabus 6 him.“ I really enjoyed the folk music(民间音乐). Most of my family enjoys old music

10、 like that,” he said. “I will try to use music to express myself.”1AwalkBhandCshowDspeech2AneitherBeitherCbothDnever3ApossiblyBterriblyCimportantlyDfiercely4AwhyBwhatCwhenDhow5Atalents(天赋)BfeelingsCskillsDstories6AdevelopedBinvitedCplayedDchanged. 语法填空12、阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。If you t

11、ake the subway in Beijing，you may see theres nobody in the drivers seatBut dont be afraidit just means you are on the new driverless line 1September 4，a driverless subway line2(name)the Yanfang Line started to try running in BeijingThe line was open to passengers at 3end of 4The trains on the new li

12、ne are the Chinese5(one)domestically(国内地)made driverless subway carsThe line 6(build)between Beijings Yanshan and Fangshan areas with 960 seats and a top speed of 80 7(kilometer)per hour. The trains are8(complete)self-drivenThe general designer says the driverless trains actually run in a9 (safe)way

13、 than regular subway trainsAnd of course，the drivers of the new trains cant become ill10tiredSo far, twelve cities in China11(begin)to build such driverless subway lines. 阅读理解A13、With the development of science and technology, our daily life is becoming more colorful and more convenient .An Underwat

14、er HotelIt looks like a spaceship but it is actually a picture of an underwater hotel. A company plans to build in the sea which is about 18 metres below the surface. The whole building is underwater and you can get to it by swimming and diving.Google GlassGoogle Glass is a pair of glasses with a ba

15、ttery hidden inside the frame(边框). It can perform many of the same tasks as smart phones. The glass has a hidden camera and a tiny screen. It is designed to take hands-free photos or videos of anything people are doing.A New Kind of ShirtHate washing clothes? Youre going to love this kind of shirt m

16、ade by an American clothing company, Wool & Prince. This shirt can be worn for 100 straight days without washing! The Wool & Prince shirt never needs ironing(熨烫).The Digital LibraryCan you imagine walking into a library and finding all books have turned into computers? The first bookless public libr

17、ary is planned to open in San Antonio, Texas. Computers will take the place of books soon.1How do you get to the Underwater Hotel?ABy taking boatsBBy taking a subwayCBy swimming and divingDBy taking a plane2You neednt use _ when you take photos or video with Google Glass.Aa cameraBa screenCa battery

18、Dyour hand3The digital Library tells us something about a library without _.AbooksBcomputersCbookshelvesDreader4Which one of the following can reduce our housework in our daily life?AThe underwater hotelBGoogle GlassCThe Wool & Prince shirtDThe digital library5Our daily life is improving because of

19、_.Amore robots making our life convenientBhard work of people around the worldCmore and more latest hotels and restaurantsDthe development of science and technologyB14、Once upon a time there was no tea at all in England. People there used to drink a light beer. No coffee or milk but large glasses of

20、 beer stood on the breakfast table！When tea was first brought to England, an old couple got some as a special treat. But they did not know how it should be used. They cooked the leaves in hot water, and spread them on a piece of bacon(培根) which they were going to have for dinner. They ate the leaves

21、, and threw the tea away! However, tea is becoming as popular as coffee and milk in England today.Tea is the leaf of a plant which grows widely in China, Japan and some other countries. Tea farmers usually grow a great many tea plants on a large piece of land. When the tea leaves are ready to be pic

22、ked, it is the busiest time for tea farmers in a year. They pull off the leaves and dry them. In their spare time, they pick out the best leaves and get them ready for market. In China, whenever a visitor comes into a house, he is served with a cup of tea.1What was served for breakfast in England lo

23、ng ago?ABeer.BTea.CCoffee.DMilk.2How did the old couple deal with the tea leaves?AThey sold them.BThey ate them.CThey burnt them.DThey threw them away.3Tea farmers are the busiest in a year when theyAserve visitors at homeBsell tea in the marketCpick and dry tea leavesDlook for a piece of land4A is

24、usually served with a cup of tea.AcoupleBfarmerCkingDvisitor5In which part of a magazine can we read the text?ANature.BCulture.CEnvironment.DTechnology.C15、A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (笔试).“You have no flying skills a

25、t all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, thats beyond you. Lets have a flying competition. Ill show you what real flying is!”One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge (挑战). The crow flew up and began to show his skills.

26、 He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.Now it was the swans turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldnt see the land

27、and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.The swan pretended (假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the

28、 water, brother? Is that another trick? “ “No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “Im in trouble because of my pride (自大) ! If you dont help me, Ill lose my life.” The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.1Whats the correct order of the fo

29、llowing events?a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble. b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.Aa, d, b, cBa, b, d, cCd, a, c, bDd, c, a, b2What does the underlined word “exhaust

30、ed” in Paragraph 4 mean?ATired.BBored.CNervous.DFrightened.3What do we learn from the passage?APractice makes perfect.BThe early bird catches the worm.CNo pains, no gains.DPride goes before a fall.D16、Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two mi

31、ssing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure tour of Cape York Peninsula.This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people.The police said

32、that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector (警官) Roger Fleet said, “The travelers had a radio with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us.”The three travelers left Cooktown ver

33、y early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鳄鱼). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldnt have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road.A photo of Vicky and Tom was found

34、 by a policeman under the “Be Careful about crocodiles” sign near the river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travelers had left a map of the

35、area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the place where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.1This article is probably taken from _Aa newspaper Ba magazine Ca storybook Da g

36、uidebook2Which word best describes the search of the three missing people?AHelpless BTough CDelightful DSuccessful3Which of the following things wasnt found by the police?AA touring map. BA photo of the travelers.CThe travelers radio. DThe travelers car4All the following questions are unanswered exc

37、ept_.Awhy they left a photo behindBwhy they came to this areaCwhy their Toyota was parked in the placeDwhy a cross was drawn on the map5The article asks people to _.Ajoin the police in searching for the missing peopleBtell the police about the travelers ages and their appearanceClearn the lesson and

38、 stop taking adventure toursDprovide information about the missing peopleE17、A woman came out of her house and saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She invited them in to have something to eat.“We do not go into a house together,” they replied.“Why is that?” she asked.One of the old men poin

39、ted to his friends and explained: “His name is Wealth (财富),” he said and pointed to the other man: “He is Success, and I am Love. Now go in and discuss with your family which one of us you want in your home.”The woman went in and told her husband what happened. Her husband was very happy. “How nice!

40、” he said. “Let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”His wife disagreed. “My dear, why dont we invite Success?”Their daughter jumped in with her idea: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”“Thats a good idea,” said the husband to his

41、 wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”The woman went out and invited Love in. Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two old men also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked them: “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”The old men replied together: “If

42、 you invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would stay outside. But since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”1The first time the woman came out, what were the three old men doing?AThey were eating something.BThey were

43、 walking toward her house.CThey were sitting in her front yard.DThey were asking for something to drink.2Who made the introduction to the woman?ALove.BSuccess.CWealth.DLoves friend.3What can we learn from the passage?AThe man wanted to be successful.BThe woman loved money most.CThere was no love in

44、the family.DThe girl thought love was the most important.4What does the passage tell us?AYou shouldnt ask for more besides love.BLove is the most important thing in the world.CYou cant get everything you need at one time.DThe more successful you are, the richer youll become.F18、Have you ever heard o

45、f a mobile phone company called Nokia? And do you know that theres a mobile phone throwing competition in Finland every year?In order to recycle old mobile phones, the town of Savonlinna in southeast Finland holds a Mobile Phone Throwing Competition every year. And people can have a little fun from

46、the games.Whilecompetitorscannot throw their own phones, the competition organizers provide hundreds of mobiles to choose from. Then people throw as far as possible from the throwing area. Last years winner Ere Karjalainen set a world record with his 101.46m throw. As a prize, he got a chance of dri

47、nking and practiced again as his preferred training methods.Those without a strong throwing arm can enter the freestyle competition. During the competition, the style of the throw are judged (判断) rather than the distance. A three-person jury (评委) gives scores from one to six, and the thrower with th

48、e highest number of points wins.This Years competition will be held on August 24. Sign-ups(报名注册) are still being accepted for five dollars per person or two dollars for children 12 and under. Once all the days phones have been thrown, they are taken to a recycling center.1Finland holds the mobile ph

49、one throwing competition mainly in order to_Arecycle old Nokia mobile phonesBraise money for the poorChave fun and enjoy the competitionDtake exercise and keep healthy2The underlined word“competitors ”in the passage means“_ ”.AThe competition organizersBMembers of the competition juriesCThose who ha

50、ve nothing to do with the competitionDThose who take part in the competition3A child at the age of ten must pay_ dollars for the sign|up.A0B2C5D64Which of the following statements is NOT true?APeople only can throw the mobile phones provided by the organizers.BThose who throw the farthest will win the freestyle competition.CIf you are weak, you can